The Chemistry of Color

Mr. Martin Brakke
Escuela Campo Alegre

Please answer the following Pre-Assessment questions on the Google Doc Link Below:

• Chem 10 Pre-Assessment Survey

Questions of the day:

1. How can an element be identified by its emission spectrum?
2. How does an emission differ from absorption? How are they identified as either qualitative or quantitative?
3. Why do transition metals result in colored solutions when introduced to a solvent?
   • Why are some solutions colored prior to excitement by the flame?
   • How can solutions of the same transition metal have different colors of solution?

Please answer the same above Pre-Assessment questions following the days activity.

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Powerpoint Presentation

Colored Flames - Periodic Table of Videos


Khan discusses light


Ligand Substitution:


Another look at the ligand subsitution:


Brief History of Quantum Mechanics: